Telefónica Colombia and long-standing Group network partner Ericsson trumpeted the attainment of more than 27Gbps data transmission speeds during a demonstration of 5G technologies using Ericsson’s millimetre wave frequencies in the 28GHz band.

The test at Ericsson’s facilities in the capital Bogotá exceeded the peak data transfer rate of more than 24Gbps achieved by Ericsson and Entel Chile in July 2018.

Telefónica Colombia, which has been working with the Sweden-based vendor for a number of years, including on the launch of its cloud-based voice-over-LTE network in 2016 (Telefónicawatch, #105), boasted that this is the first time 5G testing has been carried out in Colombia.

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